Jack of Harts

Constantinople had been a center of trade since before the Romans bestowed the name of their emperor on her.  1,600 years later, Ottoman society had evolved into the millions of common citizens who paid their taxes, lived, and died without notice, and the wealthy merchants and factory owners who paid good bribes to make sure they paid nothing.  To add insult to injury, many of the later class were actually foreigners.  They were not popular amongst the common man.